How Dear to My Heart (Hardcover, Midland Book ed.)

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Best known for Our Hearts Were Young and Gay, written with Cornelia Otis Skinner, Emily Kimbrough was one of the most popular writers of this century. How Dear to My Heart, first published in 1944, is her tribute to a happy childhood spent in Muncie, Indiana, a humorous glance over her shoulder at the way things used to be.

"This is more than a funny book, a period piece. Dignity and love are never quaint. They were the essence of this civilization. They are the essence of a book which is going to be dear to a lot of hearts besides the author." Boston Globe (on the original publication)

..". poignant, evocative, humorous." Indiana Magazine of History"


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Best known for Our Hearts Were Young and Gay, written with Cornelia Otis Skinner, Emily Kimbrough was one of the most popular writers of this century. How Dear to My Heart, first published in 1944, is her tribute to a happy childhood spent in Muncie, Indiana, a humorous glance over her shoulder at the way things used to be.

"This is more than a funny book, a period piece. Dignity and love are never quaint. They were the essence of this civilization. They are the essence of a book which is going to be dear to a lot of hearts besides the author." Boston Globe (on the original publication)

..". poignant, evocative, humorous." Indiana Magazine of History"

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Imprint

Indiana University Press

Country of origin

United States

Series

Library of Indiana Classics

Release date

November 1991

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First published

November 1991

Authors

Illustrators

Dimensions

203 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

286

Edition

Midland Book ed.

ISBN-13

978-0-253-33120-5

Barcode

9780253331205

Categories

LSN

0-253-33120-X



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